Efficiencies of Dipolymer Rubber Blends (EPDM\FKM) using Common Weight Data Envelopment Analysis

Polymer blends are generally categorized into two main classes: miscible blends that exist in a single homogeneous phase exhibiting synergistic properties and immiscible blends that have 2 or more different phases. There is also a third category of blends called technologically compatible blend, whi...

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Published in:Materials research (São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil) São Paulo, Brazil), 2017-11, Vol.20 (6), p.1722-1728
Main Authors: George, Shinoy, Sushama, C M, Nair, Ajalesh Balachandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Compatibility
Data analysis
Data envelopment analysis
Decision making
Efficiency
ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL
Fluoropolymers
MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Mathematical programming
Mechanical properties
METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
Miscibility
Operations research
Polymer blends
Propylene
Rubber
Rubber Blends
Thermodynamic properties
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Summary:Polymer blends are generally categorized into two main classes: miscible blends that exist in a single homogeneous phase exhibiting synergistic properties and immiscible blends that have 2 or more different phases. There is also a third category of blends called technologically compatible blend, which exist in two or more different phases on micro scale, yet displays combination of properties. Ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) and Hexa fluoropropylene-vinylidinefluoride dipolymer, Fluoroelastomer (FKM) blends with and without compatibilizer (MA-g-EPDM) were prepared by two-roll mill mixing. The aim of the work is to find out the best blend ratio and the amount of compatibilizer loading on thermal and mechanical properties by applying a novel mathematical programming technique called Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Using the different concentration of the ingredients used as inputs and the extent to which certain properties satisfied by the blends as outputs, a DEA model is developed. The blends which will be referred to as Decision Making Units (DMUs) were classified in terms of their efficiency. It is observed that the efficiency of all the compatibilized blends is higher than that of uncompatibilized blends. The maximum efficiency is obtained for 2.5 phr compatiblized blend.
ISSN:1516-1439
1980-5373
1980-5373
DOI:10.1590/1980-5373-mr-2016-1127